cholesterol

Thomas Holeva (tholeva at bu.edu) wrote:
: Can anyone point me to some info on this supposed link
: between low cholesterol levels in the blood and an old age 'gene'.
: I heard something on this ahile back and am interested in knowing more.
: Thanks,
: Tom
The only thing I recall ( other than the usual "lower is better" but not
associated with genes) is about higher HDL in some Itialian family being
caused by a gene and this family all lived to a very old age. Look for
Apo Milano.